Turning Wood Into Art:
The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection

October 3 – December 5, 2010
Huth, Boeing, Haws and Salmon Galleries

Showcasing nearly 70 objects from one of the world’s foremost holdings of contemporary wood sculpture—this exhibition underscores the quality, artistic expression, and technical innovation recently achieved in the field of turned wood.

Organized by the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC; circulated by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, MO.

Encounters: Mark Messersmith

October 3, 2010 – January 16, 2011
Grisham Gallery

The latest exhibition in this long-standing showcase for outstanding regional contemporary art focuses on this Florida artist’s richly layered narrative paintings. Messersmith renders the coastal Southeastern landscape as a mysterious environment still inhabited by powerful birds, vigilant panthers, weary gators, blackwater swamps and old cypress trees—all vying with mankind for space and survival.

Organized by HMA.

Artist Gallery Walk
2 p.m.
Sunday, October 3
Grisham Gallery
Reception following in the Richard and Roper Room

CLICK HERE for Invitation.

Rebels With a Cause:
American Impressionist Women

November 21, 2010 – February 6, 2011
Guild, Thurber and Jurenko Galleries

A selection of approximately 70 works from the Museum’s own Sellars Collection of Art by American Women, focusing on the strong influence that French Impressionism had on the development of American art. Subjects include accomplished florals and still-lifes, portraits, genre scenes, and landscapes reflecting different regions of Europe and the United States.

Organized by HMA.

thINK: 2010 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition

December 19, 2010 – January 30, 2011
Huth, Boeing, Salmon and Haws Galleries

A captivating exhibition of 180 works in all print media by American and Canadian members of this venerable North American print alliance, featuring a wide array of techniques and styles. Highlighting the considerable talents of its membership, this exhibition also attempts to answer the perennial question, “How is it made?” by including a “recipe card” that shares each print’s inspiration and process.

Organized and circulated by The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA.

2011 Gala Art Exhibition

February 13 – March 6, 2011
Huth, Boeing, Salmon and Haws Galleries

Gala celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011! This important fundraiser for the Huntsville Museum of art presents over 100 historical and contemporary artworks in a range of media and styles, to be auctioned to the highest bidder during the annual Gala event.

Organized by HMA.

Helen Turner: The Woman’s Point of View

February 13 – May 8, 2011
Huth, Boeing, Salmon and Haws Galleries

This exhibition brings together over 40 paintings and works on paper by one of America's premier Impressionist painters. Turner enjoyed great success around the turn-of-the-century, gaining particular fame as a painter of women in beautiful interiors and garden settings.

Organized by the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee.

YAM 2011: Exhibition for Youth Art Month

March 13 – May 1, 2011
Huth, Boeing, Salmon and Haws Galleries

An annual gathering of exuberant artwork from North Alabama K-12 students, organized by HMA’s education department in observance of Youth Art Month. Accompanied by the annual Visual Arts Achievement Exhibition, which presents the blue ribbon finalist artworks of middle and high school students in Alabama’s District V, the Congressional Art Competition for Alabama’s 5th District, and the Juried Art Teachers’ Biennial.

Organized by HMA.

Edward Weston: Leaves of Grass

May 15 – August 7, 2011
Grisham Gallery

An exhibition of 53 iconic black and white images by this master American photographer, created in 1941 to illustrate a deluxe edition of Walt Whitman’s epic poem Leaves of Grass. Weston visited 24 states and traveled nearly 25,000 miles for this project, working with a large 8 x 10 format camera. The resulting images are exceptionally wide-ranging, with emphasis on the man-altered landscape rather than untouched nature.

Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Future Retro: Drawings from the Great Age of American Automobiles

May 15 – July 24, 2011
Huth, Boeing, Salmon, Haws and Chan Galleries

Over 100 dynamic works showcase American automotive design during the decades following World War II, a landmark period in car styling. Works range from preliminary sketches to fully rendered drawings, providing a rare glimpse into the creative process. Dating from an era when beauty and ingenuity were important factors in car sales, there are ample references to airplanes, rockets, and other emerging technologies that influenced postwar automotive design.

Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Huntsville’s Own: Past, Present and Beyond

August 7 – October 2, 2011
Huth, Boeing, Salmon, Haws and Chan Galleries

This exhibition will trace the development of art in Huntsville from its itinerant beginnings in the 19th century, to its professional development in the 20th century, through its expansion and redefinition in the present day. Historical art from local and Museum collections will be featured, as well as contemporary works from established and emerging voices.

Organized by HMA.

Blood, Thread & Tears:
World War II Quilts

August 21 – November 7, 2011
Grisham Gallery

Between 1941 and 1945, American women were making quilts in record numbers while their sons, husbands, brothers, and loved ones were on the battlefront.

This exhibition features approximately 20 WWII-era quilts and tops from the private collection of Sue Reich, and the ephemera to anchor them historically in time, including photographs, V mail, ration books, parachute samples, magazines and newspaper quilting patterns.

Organized by HMA.

On Continuous View:

Selections from the Museum’s outstanding collections of Buccellati Silver Animals, American Studio Glass, and Sellars Collection of Art by American Women will be continuously featured in selected galleries throughout the exhibition year.